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Resources for Volunteer Management

Each volunteer hour in 2023 = $31.80 (The Independent Sector)

If you recruit volunteers, coordinate events, or manage a nonprofit, consider the benefits of the Volunteer Engagement Training Program (VETP), developed by Points of Light and its HandsOn Network affiliates like Volunteer Alexandria.

Volunteer Management Guides

Organizations

Online resources

  • Energize, Inc., www.energizeinc.com.  Susan J. Ellis's site, "especially for leaders of volunteers."  Includes a volunteer management bookstore, library, referral network, job bank, monthly essays with responses welcomed, etc.
  • E-Volunteerism, www.e-volunteerism.com.  This “electronic journal of the volunteer community" is edited by Susan J. Ellis and Steve McCurley.  It includes articles, discussion groups, and other information on volunteer management.  
  • Service Leader’s Virtual Volunteering Project, www.serviceleader.org/virtual. The Virtual Volunteering Project provides resources for two kinds of volunteer services: Technical Assistance, which includes online research or providing particular expertise to the agency; and Direct Contact, which connects the volunteer and client via email, chat room, or other media.
  • Volunteer Today, www.volunteertoday.com.  Managed by volunteerism consultant Nancy Macduff, this site is an electronic gazette for volunteerism.  Particularly helpful is the current news in the field and a calendar of events.

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